Re: removing fiemap logic from copy.c

[Jim Meyering]

On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 2:50 PM Pádraig Brady <P@draigbrady.com> wrote:
> FYI tomorrow I'm going to push a change to
> remove the fiemap extent handling logic from cp/mv/install etc.
> (Assuming that ok with folks of course).
>
> This is only used on 10 year old linux kernels,
> (where SEEK_HOLE is not available).
>
> Also with fiemap we perform an fsync before each copy,
> which is best avoided.
>
> The patch is largish, but boring as just removes lines,
> so not attaching here.

That code brings back not-so-fond memories.
Good riddance :-)